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Not surprisingly, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so-called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson-Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren’t enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party’s leaders to run on their ballot line.

New York is one of just eight states that allow cross endorsements, which are really the lifeblood of the three four third parties with ballot access – the Working Families Party, the Conservative Party and the Independence Party. Note: I forgot the Green ...

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